Dawn VME Products, a leading designer and manufacturer of high performance and reliable embedded packaging technology products based on the VITA™ and PICMG® architectures, announces its CCE-3VX4 ruggedized 4 slot conduction cooled enclosure for VPX 3U modules, the VPX CUBE.

Dawn's CCE-3VX4 VPX CUBE is designed to MIL-STD-810F, DO-160E and MIL-STD-461E standards, and compliant with applicable VITA 46 (VPX), VITA 48 (REDI) and VITA 65 (OpenVPX) specifications. The VPX CUBE features 4 slots of 3U VPX on a 1" pitch high bandwidth backplane and an integrated, wide temperature range 400 Watt power supply.

The I/O panel to backplane is interfaced via shielded differential connectors for applications from 3.125 Gb/s to 10+ Gb/s. The I/O panel connectors can be linked to optical as well as SMA and other RF connectors for application enhancement.

Dawn's popular RuSH™ System Health Monitor technology for intelligent, precision monitoring and control of critical system performance parameters is embedded in the integrated Power Supply in the standard VPX CUBE configuration. Temperature, power supply voltage and current on all VS(n) and AUX rails are real-time monitored, with optional humidity monitoring available.

"The conduction cooled 3U VPX CUBE is extremely rugged and reliable for military and aerospace applications where system size, weight, and power are critical, and high performance capability is demanded," says Barry Burnsides, Dawn VME Products Founder and CEO. "With its optimized cooling path and quick turn customization of the data plane connection fabric, the VPX CUBE is an exciting addition to our family of products."

The Dawn VME Products CCE-3VX4 VPX CUBE is available now. Contact Dawn for more information, including options and pricing.

Dawn's Expanding VPX Products Line

Dawn VME Products offers a comprehensive family of chassis and backplanes that are VPX, VPX-REDI and OpenVPX compliant. Chassis offerings range from development platforms to deployable rack mount systems including shock isolated systems. Deployable mission critical VPX systems are available for both convection and conduction cooled modules. VPX backplane configurations support maximum bandwidth data rates, and are available in a wide selection of profiles and topologies.

About Dawn VME Products

Founded in 1985, Dawn VME Products designs and manufactures high performance and reliable embedded packaging technology products for the embedded systems market. Service and support is provided from its design and manufacturing headquarters in Fremont, California.

A founding member of VITA™, Dawn VME Products is dedicated to maximizing customer satisfaction through on-time delivery of zero-defect products. Dawn's product line features highly configurable backplanes and powered enclosures, in addition to multi-function accessories, sub-racks, card cages, test boards, panels and system health monitors.